Chapter 89: Preparation for Assembly

Originally, Tony didn't take this matter to heart. After all, there were too many similar explosion tests happening in the United States every year, and Tony had become accustomed to it.

However, when he received Li Heng's call, he realized that this time was not quite what he had imagined.

"What? You said this was an alien invasion?"

Tony passed the phone from his right hand to his left hand, and then with a few operations with his right hand, he opened a projection screen full of news. All the news was being refreshed on it, one by one passing across the screen. Tony looked at it for a while, but did not see any topic about alien invasion.

"Lee, you have to be kidding, right? Why don't I see any news about alien invasions? Logically, there should be news like this everywhere!"

Li Heng said, "Tony, do you remember Thor?"

"Oh, of course I remember."

"And did I ever tell you about his brother, Loki?"

"Hmm..." Tony thought about it for a while, well, he didn't think too hard, just thought about it briefly, and then said, "You didn't say that."

Li Heng heard what Tony said, and then briefly told Tony about Loki.

"To put it simply, Thor's brother Loki competed with Thor for favor, and then accidentally ran into the universe and encountered some problems. If I'm not mistaken, the explosion just now should have been caused by him coming to Earth from the universe."

When Tony heard what Li Heng said, he felt that Li Heng did not seem to be making up stories, so he took it a little more seriously, reached out to check the address of the explosion, and then he saw the specific location where the explosion occurred.

"Is the explosion you're talking about the one that happened in the suburbs of New York?"

When Li Heng heard Tony's question, he knew that he must have checked the location of the explosion, so Li Heng said affirmatively:

"Yes, that's the location. Do you know where it is?"

Before Tony could ask, Li Heng told him directly:

"That's a S.H.I.E.L.D. base where they study the Cosmic Cube."

Tony was not interested in the SHIELD base that Li Heng mentioned, but he was very interested in what the Cosmic Cube was.

"Wait a minute, what did you just say? The Universe... The Cube? Did I say the name right?"

Well, Li Heng didn't expect that Tony was not interested in the big things he talked about, but asked about the Cosmic Cube.

"Yes, it's called the Cosmic Cube!"

"What is that?" Tony asked curiously. He had never heard of this name, but since SHIELD was studying it and the word "universe" was in the name, Tony was very interested in the universe.

Li Heng could only say to Tony first:

"If you're interested, you can wait until later and I'll explain it to you, but right now my idea is that since we know there's an alien invasion coming, we need to take precautions in advance."

"Okay." Tony said regretfully, and then thought about what Li Heng said. Tony also agreed with Li Heng's idea, and then Tony said: "In this case, then you can come directly to the villa. We can use the villa as a base for meetings and study how to resist aliens."

"Okay, no problem. But I'm going to bring Banner along, how about that?"

Tony was about to hang up the phone, but when he heard Li Heng's question, he said:

"Oh, are you planning on taking that big green guy with you?"

"Of course, there is an old Chinese saying: There is strength in numbers."

After hanging up the phone, Li Heng came to the manor and found Banner who was doing research with Samuel in the basement.

"Hey, Banner, I have something to talk to you about."

When Banner heard what Li Heng said, he put down the experiment in his hand and came to Li Heng.

"Lee, what's going on?"

"It's like this. Tony and I detected something a little different this time, and I found that it should be a precursor to alien invasion of the earth. So I want to take you to Tony to discuss defense methods together. What do you think?"

When Banner heard Li Heng talking about the alien invasion, he was obviously frightened. Then he continued to listen. He understood Li Heng's purpose in coming to him. After thinking about it, Banner finally agreed with Li Heng's idea and followed Li Heng to Tony's villa.

"Tony, here we come!"

Tony, who was busy working in front of the computer, finally stood up when he heard Li Heng's voice. He came to Li Heng and Banner, then called Ethan, and the four of them sat down on the sofa.

Li Heng spoke first: "Okay, Tony, what were you doing just now?"

Tony explained:

"I'm going to use the data that Jarvis detected last time to look for traces of that energy to see if it has any effect."

Hearing Tony say this, Banner immediately said:

"Oh, so, then I think I can help as well."

Soon, Tony started chatting with Banner, and then the two of them affirmed each other's knowledge and abilities. The more they talked, the more excited they became, and they were ready to get up and conduct the experiment together.

Seeing them like this, Li Heng said to Tony:

"Tony, if a battle is unavoidable, I think there is another person who is very suitable to lead the battle."

Tony dragged Banner to the basement. After hearing what Li Heng said, he did not stop and pointed his right index finger at Li Heng.

"Whoever you think of, just go ahead and take it. I trust your judgment."

After Tony agreed, Li Heng prepared to set off to pick up that person and bring him to Tony's villa.

Meanwhile, S.H.I.E.L.D.

Nick Fury found Coulson and talked a lot about the seriousness of the matter. Then he took out several files and handed them to Coulson, and told Coulson, "Go find these people. We need their help now."

Coulson took the thick stack of files and opened the top one. The name "Li Heng" came into view.

"Sir, um, um, can we call him over?"

Nick Fury said in a serious tone:

"If that doesn't work, just tell him that this is the most serious time for the survival of the Earth!"

"Okay, sir!" After hearing Nick Fury's words, Coulson agreed and pushed the door out.

After returning to his office, Coulson looked through all the files in his hand, and then wrote down the names of those who needed to be invited. Coulson took a look and found that only Natasha's name was from SHIELD, and the others needed to be invited from outside.

So he made a phone call first, preparing to ask Natasha to come over, and then set out to invite the people on the list one by one.